Simon Chinn

Simon Chinn
Chinn in 2013
Occupation	Film producer
Notable work	Searching for Sugar Man Man On Wire
Father	Trevor Chinn

Simon Chinn is a British film producer, founder of Red Box Films and co-founder of Lightbox. He produced a number of feature documentaries, including Man on Wire and Searching for Sugar Man, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.¹²

He went to school with Louis Theroux and he produced the documentary My Scientology Movie written by Theroux. Chinn's cousin, Jonathan Chinn, is a television producer.³

• The Mission (2023) - Producer
• Curse of the Chippendales (2021) – Executive Producer
• Tina (2021) – Producer
• Torn – Producer⁴
• Tell Me Who I Am (2019) - Producer
• The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019) – Executive Producer
• LA 92 (2017) – Producer
• Captive (2016) (TV series) – Executive Producer
• My Scientology Movie (2015) – Producer
• The Green Prince (2014) – Producer
• The Legend of Shorty (2014) – Producer
• Garnet's Gold (2014) – Producer
• Signal To Noise (2014) (TV series) – Executive Producer, 1 Episode
• Everything or Nothing (2012) – Producer
• The Imposter (2012) – Executive Producer
• Searching for Sugar Man (2012) – Producer
• Project Nim (2011) – Producer
• Man on Wire (2008) – Producer
• To Be First (2007) – Producer
• The Government Inspector (2005) – Co-Producer
• America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2002) (TV series) – Series Producer
• Frontline (2004) (TV Series) – Cinematographer, Episode The Invasion of Iraq
• Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon (2002) – Writer, Producer
• War In Europe (2000) – Associate Producer
• On Air (1998) (TV series) – Executive Producer
• The Feel Good Factor (1997) (TV series) – Associate Producer